Probiotics question

[dasjsmum]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>Lilith</b></i>

Have any of you found probiotics to be really effective? I talked to my doc about using them, and his reply was that you'd have to ingest a huge amount of them to actually notice any significant benefit. He didn't seem to think it was worth the trouble.</end quote></div>

just had to say...dont they always say stuff like this?? They're not nutritionists, and I think most of them have no clue at all. We're better off beefing up our immune system's ourselves...we need to look into stuff for ourselves...probiotics are beneficial for everyone.
There's plenty of research on them...I think there's a paper on Jody's site...

 

[dasjsmum]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>Lilith</b></i>

Have any of you found probiotics to be really effective? I talked to my doc about using them, and his reply was that you'd have to ingest a huge amount of them to actually notice any significant benefit. He didn't seem to think it was worth the trouble.</end quote></div>

just had to say...dont they always say stuff like this?? They're not nutritionists, and I think most of them have no clue at all. We're better off beefing up our immune system's ourselves...we need to look into stuff for ourselves...probiotics are beneficial for everyone.
There's plenty of research on them...I think there's a paper on Jody's site...

 

[dasjsmum]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>Lilith</b></i>

Have any of you found probiotics to be really effective? I talked to my doc about using them, and his reply was that you'd have to ingest a huge amount of them to actually notice any significant benefit. He didn't seem to think it was worth the trouble.</end quote></div>

just had to say...dont they always say stuff like this?? They're not nutritionists, and I think most of them have no clue at all. We're better off beefing up our immune system's ourselves...we need to look into stuff for ourselves...probiotics are beneficial for everyone.
There's plenty of research on them...I think there's a paper on Jody's site...

 

[dasjsmum]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>Lilith</b></i>

Have any of you found probiotics to be really effective? I talked to my doc about using them, and his reply was that you'd have to ingest a huge amount of them to actually notice any significant benefit. He didn't seem to think it was worth the trouble.</end quote></div>

just had to say...dont they always say stuff like this?? They're not nutritionists, and I think most of them have no clue at all. We're better off beefing up our immune system's ourselves...we need to look into stuff for ourselves...probiotics are beneficial for everyone.
There's plenty of research on them...I think there's a paper on Jody's site...

 

[dasjsmum]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>Lilith</b></i>

Have any of you found probiotics to be really effective? I talked to my doc about using them, and his reply was that you'd have to ingest a huge amount of them to actually notice any significant benefit. He didn't seem to think it was worth the trouble.</end quote>

just had to say...dont they always say stuff like this?? They're not nutritionists, and I think most of them have no clue at all. We're better off beefing up our immune system's ourselves...we need to look into stuff for ourselves...probiotics are beneficial for everyone.
There's plenty of research on them...I think there's a paper on Jody's site...

 

[dasjsmum]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>Lilith</b></i>

Have any of you found probiotics to be really effective? I talked to my doc about using them, and his reply was that you'd have to ingest a huge amount of them to actually notice any significant benefit. He didn't seem to think it was worth the trouble.</end quote>

just had to say...dont they always say stuff like this?? They're not nutritionists, and I think most of them have no clue at all. We're better off beefing up our immune system's ourselves...we need to look into stuff for ourselves...probiotics are beneficial for everyone.
There's plenty of research on them...I think there's a paper on Jody's site...

 

[dasjsmum]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>blindhearted</b></i>

I dont mean to hijack here but I have a question...



Is Acidophilus (sp?) a type of Probiotic? Are they different, if so, is probiotic better and how? I take acidophilus now....should I change to something else? If so, what? I'm kinda confused, can someone please help me with this? Thanks.</end quote></div>



Yes, acidophilus is a probiotic, but you can get one's with a couple of strains, they're probably better I would think...

my son is on a probiotic which has 25 billion good bacteria (so they say...but how do they count them??? That's what we want to know!! : ))

The best one's are kept in the fridge because it is live bacteria.

 

[dasjsmum]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>blindhearted</b></i>

I dont mean to hijack here but I have a question...



Is Acidophilus (sp?) a type of Probiotic? Are they different, if so, is probiotic better and how? I take acidophilus now....should I change to something else? If so, what? I'm kinda confused, can someone please help me with this? Thanks.</end quote></div>



Yes, acidophilus is a probiotic, but you can get one's with a couple of strains, they're probably better I would think...

my son is on a probiotic which has 25 billion good bacteria (so they say...but how do they count them??? That's what we want to know!! : ))

The best one's are kept in the fridge because it is live bacteria.

 

[dasjsmum]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>blindhearted</b></i>

I dont mean to hijack here but I have a question...



Is Acidophilus (sp?) a type of Probiotic? Are they different, if so, is probiotic better and how? I take acidophilus now....should I change to something else? If so, what? I'm kinda confused, can someone please help me with this? Thanks.</end quote></div>



Yes, acidophilus is a probiotic, but you can get one's with a couple of strains, they're probably better I would think...

my son is on a probiotic which has 25 billion good bacteria (so they say...but how do they count them??? That's what we want to know!! : ))

The best one's are kept in the fridge because it is live bacteria.

 

[dasjsmum]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>blindhearted</b></i>

I dont mean to hijack here but I have a question...



Is Acidophilus (sp?) a type of Probiotic? Are they different, if so, is probiotic better and how? I take acidophilus now....should I change to something else? If so, what? I'm kinda confused, can someone please help me with this? Thanks.</end quote></div>



Yes, acidophilus is a probiotic, but you can get one's with a couple of strains, they're probably better I would think...

my son is on a probiotic which has 25 billion good bacteria (so they say...but how do they count them??? That's what we want to know!! : ))

The best one's are kept in the fridge because it is live bacteria.

 

[dasjsmum]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>blindhearted</b></i>

I dont mean to hijack here but I have a question...



Is Acidophilus (sp?) a type of Probiotic? Are they different, if so, is probiotic better and how? I take acidophilus now....should I change to something else? If so, what? I'm kinda confused, can someone please help me with this? Thanks.</end quote>



Yes, acidophilus is a probiotic, but you can get one's with a couple of strains, they're probably better I would think...

my son is on a probiotic which has 25 billion good bacteria (so they say...but how do they count them??? That's what we want to know!! : ))

The best one's are kept in the fridge because it is live bacteria.

 

[dasjsmum]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>blindhearted</b></i>

I dont mean to hijack here but I have a question...



Is Acidophilus (sp?) a type of Probiotic? Are they different, if so, is probiotic better and how? I take acidophilus now....should I change to something else? If so, what? I'm kinda confused, can someone please help me with this? Thanks.</end quote>



Yes, acidophilus is a probiotic, but you can get one's with a couple of strains, they're probably better I would think...

my son is on a probiotic which has 25 billion good bacteria (so they say...but how do they count them??? That's what we want to know!! : ))

The best one's are kept in the fridge because it is live bacteria.

 

[kybert]

i take inner health plus. 25 billion bacteria. has acidophilus and bifobacterium in it.

i am also going to be using this in the future <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.ecovag.com.au/">http://www.ecovag.com.au/</a> the whole idea sounds a bit gross, well to me anyway, but it sure would be better to prevent thrush rather than not doing so and having to use potent anti fungals to get rid of it.

 

[kybert]

i take inner health plus. 25 billion bacteria. has acidophilus and bifobacterium in it.

i am also going to be using this in the future <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.ecovag.com.au/">http://www.ecovag.com.au/</a> the whole idea sounds a bit gross, well to me anyway, but it sure would be better to prevent thrush rather than not doing so and having to use potent anti fungals to get rid of it.

 

[kybert]

i take inner health plus. 25 billion bacteria. has acidophilus and bifobacterium in it.

i am also going to be using this in the future <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.ecovag.com.au/">http://www.ecovag.com.au/</a> the whole idea sounds a bit gross, well to me anyway, but it sure would be better to prevent thrush rather than not doing so and having to use potent anti fungals to get rid of it.

 

[kybert]

i take inner health plus. 25 billion bacteria. has acidophilus and bifobacterium in it.

i am also going to be using this in the future <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.ecovag.com.au/">http://www.ecovag.com.au/</a> the whole idea sounds a bit gross, well to me anyway, but it sure would be better to prevent thrush rather than not doing so and having to use potent anti fungals to get rid of it.

 

[kybert]

i take inner health plus. 25 billion bacteria. has acidophilus and bifobacterium in it.

i am also going to be using this in the future <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.ecovag.com.au/">http://www.ecovag.com.au/</a> the whole idea sounds a bit gross, well to me anyway, but it sure would be better to prevent thrush rather than not doing so and having to use potent anti fungals to get rid of it.

 

[kybert]

i take inner health plus. 25 billion bacteria. has acidophilus and bifobacterium in it.

i am also going to be using this in the future <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.ecovag.com.au/">http://www.ecovag.com.au/</a> the whole idea sounds a bit gross, well to me anyway, but it sure would be better to prevent thrush rather than not doing so and having to use potent anti fungals to get rid of it.